Wyoming Supreme Court reverses stalking conviction

CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Supreme Court has reversed a Campbell
County man's conviction on a felony stalking charge.

The court issued a ruling Wednesday sending Daniel Brian
Walker's case back to Campbell County District Court for a new
trial.

Justice Barton R. Voigt wrote the court ruling. Voigt stated
that District Judge Michael N. Deegan gave the jury conflicting and
misleading instructions on the elements of the crime that
prosecutors had to prove.

According to the court ruling, Walker was charged with stalking
after his ex-wife reported he had approached her and made a remark
while she was shopping at a store in March 2010. She had secured an
earlier protective order against him.